The delightful Anne Hathaway got up early this morning to announce the nominees for the Academy Awards and already Oscar season head scratching has begun. Can Avatar halt The Hurt Lockers march on claiming what seems like every single award in the Western world? Can Clooney oust Freeman for a second little gold man? Does having two [...]
Despite the general lack of public enthusiasm surrounding his latest directorial job, Invictus, Clint Eastwood’s reign as one of mankind’s foremost badasses remains airtight.
According to Harris Interactive’s yearly poll, which is an online survey completed by over 2,200 grown-ups, between December 7-14, the man formerly known as Dirty Harry is America’s favorite 2009 movie star, [...]
The more that is seen from director Jason Reitman, the more his work should be appreciated. His deft touch and minimalist style can easily be upstaged by quirky screenplays or a large name in the cast. If Up in the Air does anything, it shows that Reitman, whose previous works include Juno (Reitman was nominated [...]
When indie darling Wes Anderson was announced as the director for the big screen adaptation of The Fantastic Mr Fox, the beloved children’s novel by Roald Dahl, the reaction was, to say the least, mixed. How, some felt, could a Texan director possibly bring to life a book with such a British sensibility? And how, [...]
George Clooney is in negotiations to join the cast of the upcoming Fox Searchlight feature The Descendants.
The film is based on the debut novel from author Kaui Hart Hemmings. The story follows a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on a search for his wife’s lover in the hopes of keeping his family together.
The [...]
In preparation of the upcoming Grant Heslov film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, we’re giving away a t-shirt and a copy of the book by author Jon Ronson.
Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges, The Men Who Stare at Goats is set for wide release on November 6, 2009.
The film follows [...]
Out on November 25th, Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animation feature, Fantastic Mr. Fox, is based on the popular children’s book by Roald Dahl. You probably knew that. What you may have not known is that George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Owen Wilson (of course) and Bill Murray are lending their voices to the event.
The story revolves around [...]
4 stars out of 5
This is a fun movie. In fact, it’s the most fun I’ve had at the movies this year. When the movie started, a lot of the one-liners fell disastrously short and I was well prepared to bust out the “A-list actors, B-list jokes” line when it appeared, through the repeated use [...]
3.5 stars out of 5
Michael Clayton is an at times “Grishamesque” drama, filled with all the qualities one should expect from a legal thriller. Power ties, slamming books, a memo and of course, a room filled with busy legal aides working furiously on a over-labored shredder. What makes this film different is not the predictable [...]
